Today was much different than last week. Much more frustrating but I did learn a lot and I guess that is what matters in the end. My first patient got in a car accident on the way to the clinic. I felt so bad for him. I frantically found someone else to come in. He ended up being a class III borderline IV. He was a nice person. I didn't get to scale but I am excited for his next apt.
My afternoon pt. also canceled so I called my favorite pt. from last semester. He is the sweetest guy ever. He is retired and is always willing to come last minute and help me out. The hard part was they lost his chart and he has about 20 medications. With the missing chart I had no choice but to start over. So after looking up 17 of the medications and spending over an hour just on his chart they found it and walked in. Lots of wasted clinic time, and I wasn't able to finish him as a result.
I struggled with the scaling for some reason today. Nothing felt comfortable and I couldn't figure out why. I couldn't figure out what instruments to use where, etc. Another girl had an extremely hard patient in another pod so I never saw my instructor to get help. My goal is to get a better routine down and to practice, practice, practice. Back to watching the adaptation video before every clinic again. I have found that I struggle with class II/V the most. The tight tissue and rough root structure really makes me question all my abilities. I have the hardest time differentiating between calculus and structure sometimes.
I did use the extra oral fulcrum I learned last week from Dr. Hansen. The coolest part of the day was getting to try the CO2 laser on two of his teeth with deeper pockets. I am excited to see how well it heals up when he comes back for his next apt. I am really excited to get to learn to use the laser even better. It is an amazing tool and I think it will eventually be utilized in every office.
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